Document Outline

• Quick Reference: UltraLitemk3 Hybrid Front Panel
• Quick Reference: UltraLitemk3 Hybrid Rear Panel
• Quick Reference: MOTU Audio Console
• 1 About the UltraLitemk3 Hybrid
  • Overview
  • The UltraLitemk3 Rear Panel
    • 10 inputs and 14 outputs
    • Mic/guitar inputs with preamps
    • Analog
    • Precision Digital Trim™
    • S/PDIF
    • MIDI I/O
    • On-board SMPTE synchronization
    • Hybrid FireWire/USB2 connectivity
    • Power supply
  • The UltraLitemk3 Front Panel
    • Mic/instrument input
    • 48V phantom power and pad
    • Headphone output and main volume control
    • Programmable backlit LCD display
  • 16-bit and 24-bit recording
  • CueMix FX 32-bit floating point mixing and effects
  • Host Audio Software
• 2 Packing List and Windows System Requirements
  • Packing List
  • Windows System Requirements
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• 3 IMPORTANT! Run the UltraLitemk3 Software Installer First
  • Overview
  • Install the UltraLitemk3 software first!
    • If Windows asks you to locate the drivers
  • Installing the UltraLitemk3 software
  • MOTU Audio Console
  • ASIO MOTU Audio Driver
  • The MOTU Audio WDM driver
  • MOTU GSIF FireWire driver
  • MOTU MIDI Driver
  • CueMix FX
  • MOTU SMPTE Console
• 4 Installing the UltraLitemk3 Hybrid Hardware
  • Overview
  • Important note before you begin!
  • Connect the UltraLitemk3 interface
    • Which should I use: FireWire or USB2?
    • Bus-powered operation requires FireWire
    • If you are connecting via FireWire
    • If you are connecting via USB2
  • Connect audio inputs and outputs
    • Mic/instrument inputs
    • Quarter-inch analog
    • Separate main outs
    • S/PDIF
  • Connect MIDI gear
    • One-way MIDI connections
    • Connecting additional gear with MIDI THRUs
    • MIDI Thru when operating stand-alone
  • Connecting and syncing S/PDIF devices
  • Power options
    • Bus power requirements
    • Examples of bus- powered operation
    • DC power supply
    • Bus power versus DC power
    • Turning off the UltraLitemk3
  • A typical UltraLitemk3 Hybrid setup
  • Connecting multiple MOTU FireWire interfaces
    • Multiple interfaces cannot be bus-powered
    • Multiple interfaces in MOTU Audio Console
    • Synchronizing multiple interfaces
    • Connecting other MOTU FireWire interfaces
    • Operating multiple FireWire interfaces at high sample rates
    • Adding additional interfaces with a second FireWire bus
    • Managing the IDs of multiple interfaces
• 5 MOTU Audio Console
  • Overview
  • Accessing the UltraLitemk3 settings
    • General tab settings
    • UltraLitemk3 tab settings
  • ‘General’ tab Settings
    • Sample Rate
    • Clock Source
    • Samples Per Buffer
    • Wave support for legacy (MME) software
    • Enable Pedal
  • ‘UltraLitemk3’ tab settings
    • Phones Assign
    • Main Out Assign
    • Return Assign
    • Disable Interface
• 6 UltraLitemk3 Hybrid Front Panel Operation
  • Overview
  • Push-button rotary encoders
  • Power switch
  • Mic/guitar inputs
  • Phones
  • Main out volume
  • Multi-function LCD display
    • Parameter “zooming”
    • Four global display modes
  • METER display
  • AUDIO menu
  • SETUP menu
    • LCD Contrast
    • Save/Name Preset
    • Load Preset
    • MIDI Thru in standalone
    • All Notes Off
    • AutoSave Status
    • Factory Defaults
  • CUEMIX menu
    • CueMix mixer basics
    • CUEMIX menu organization
    • Navigating the four main menus
    • The IN (inputs) menu
    • The OUT (Outputs) menu
    • The MIX (Mixes) menu
    • The REVERB settings
  • Inputs menu
  • Outputs menu
  • Mixes menu
  • Reverb menu
  • Stand-alone operation
• 7 Cubase, Nuendo, Live and Other ASIO Software
  • Overview
  • What is ASIO?
    • Attention: Other software users
    • If your audio software doesn’t support ASIO
  • Preparation
  • Run MOTU Audio Console
    • Sample rate
    • Clock Source
    • Samples Per Buffer
    • Phones
    • Main Out Assign
  • Choosing the MOTU ASIO driver
    • Nuendo, Cubase and V-Stack
    • Live
    • Sound Forge
  • Direct monitoring
  • Other System dialog settings
  • Viewing and managing UltraLitemk3 inputs
    • Return Assign
    • Reverb return
  • Viewing and managing UltraLitemk3 outputs
    • The “Phones 1-2” output
  • Changing UltraLitemk3 settings
  • Processing live inputs with host- based VST plug-ins
  • Working with CueMix FX mixing and effects
  • Synchronization
  • MIDI I/O via the UltraLitemk3 MIDI ports
  • 24-bit operation
• 8 SONAR and other WDM Software
  • Overview
  • WDM and Wave driver compatibility
    • Attention: Cakewalk users
    • Attention: other software users
  • Installing the MOTU Audio WDM driver
  • Enabling Wave (MME) compatibility
  • WaveRT support
  • Making settings in MOTU Audio Console
    • Sample rate
    • Clock Source
    • Samples Per Buffer
    • Phones
    • Main Out Assign
  • Enabling the MOTU Audio WDM driver
    • Enabling the MOTU Audio WDM driver in SONAR
    • Enabling the MOTU ASIO driver in SONAR
    • Other audio settings in SONAR
  • Working with UltraLitemk3 inputs and outputs
    • Return Assign
    • Reverb return
    • The “Phones 1-2” output
  • Changing UltraLitemk3 settings
  • Reducing delay when monitoring live inputs
  • Processing live inputs with host- based VST plug-ins
  • Working with CueMix FX mixing and effects
  • MIDI I/O via the UltraLitemk3 MIDI ports
  • 24-bit operation
• 9 Reducing Monitoring Latency
  • Overview
  • Monitoring live input
  • Adjusting the audio I/O buffer
    • Lower latency versus higher CPU overhead
    • Transport responsiveness
    • Effects processing and automated mixing
  • CueMix FX hardware monitoring
  • Two methods for controlling CueMix FX
    • Using CueMix FX
    • Controlling CueMix FX from your audio software
• 10 CueMix FX
  • Overview
  • A 16-bus mixer with EQ, compression and reverb
  • Advantages over host-based mixing and processing
  • CueMix FX installation
  • CueMix FX basic operation
    • Eight stereo mix busses
    • Many inputs to one output pair
    • Viewing one mix bus at a time
    • Each mix bus is independent
    • Input channels
    • Output channels
    • Channel focus and settings
    • Global reverb processor
    • Other features
    • Widening the CueMix FX window
  • The Mixes tab
    • Viewing a mix
    • Naming a mix
    • Assigning a mix bus output
    • Bus fader
    • Bus mute
    • Bus level meter
    • Bus reverb send/return
    • Input section
    • Input channel focus
    • Input pan section
    • Input fader and mute/solo
  • The Inputs tab
    • Input tab settings are global
    • Signal flows from top to bottom
    • Input channel focus
    • Mono/stereo pairing
    • Invert phase
    • Input trim
    • Input EQ and dynamics
  • The Outputs tab
    • Signal flows from top to bottom
    • Output channel focus
    • Output EQ and Dynamics
    • Output reverb send/return
    • Talkback/Listenback
    • Monitor group assign
  • The channel settings section
    • The Channel tab
    • The EQ tab
    • Vintage EQ
    • Enabling EQ
    • Vintage EQ Quick reference
    • How the vintage EQ works
    • EQ filters
    • EQ filter styles
    • Low pass and high pass filters
    • The Dynamics tab
    • Enabling Dynamics
    • Compressor
    • Leveler
    • The Meters tab
    • The Reverb tab
    • Enabling reverb
    • Routing inputs, busses and outputs to the reverb processor
    • Reverb sends
    • Reverb returns
    • Split point
    • Primary controls
    • Early reflections
    • Reverb design
  • The Monitor Group
    • Assigning outputs to the monitor group
    • Monitor group presets menu
    • Monitor group meters
  • DSP meter
  • Solo light
  • Talkback and listenback
    • Hardware setup
    • Talkback / Listenback Mic Input
    • Talk / Listen output
    • Talkback / Listenback Monitor Dim
    • Engaging/disengaging Talkback and Listenback
    • Controlling Talkback and Listenback volume
  • Shortcuts
  • File menu
    • Saving and loading hardware presets
    • Peak/hold time
    • Mix1 Return Includes Computer
    • Hardware follows console stereo settings
  • Edit menu
    • Undo/Redo
    • Copying & pasting (duplicating) entire mixes
    • Clear Peaks
  • Devices menu
  • Oscilloscope
    • Opening the oscilloscope
    • Choosing a channel to display
    • View controls
    • Horizontal controls (time axis)
    • Vertical controls (amplitude axis)
    • Waveform Recognition
    • Trigger
    • Measurement information
    • Ideas for using the Oscilloscope
  • X-Y Plot
    • Metering
    • Opening the X-Y Plot
    • Choosing a channel pair to display
    • View controls
    • Horizontal and vertical controls
    • Persistence
    • Using the XY Plot
  • Phase Analysis
    • Correlation Meter
    • Opening the Phase Analysis
    • Choosing a channel pair to display
    • View controls
    • Horizontal and vertical controls
    • Filters
    • Using the Phase Analysis
  • Configurations menu
    • Modifying a configuration
    • Saving a CueMix FX configuration as a hardware preset
    • Saving a hardware preset as a CueMix FX configuration
  • Talkback menu
  • Phones menu
  • Control Surfaces menu
    • Application follows control surface
    • Share surfaces with other applications
    • CueMix Control Surfaces
• 11 MOTU SMPTE Console
  • Overview
  • MOTU SMPTE Setup
  • Clock/Address
  • Frame Rate
  • Reader section
    • Status lights
    • SMPTE source
    • Freewheel Address
    • Freewheel clock
    • Stop Freewheeling
  • Generator section
    • Level
    • Tach light
    • Destination
    • Stripe
    • Regenerate
  • Resolving Cubase or Nuendo to SMPTE time code
  • Syncing to SMPTE time code
• 12 Performance Tips & Troubleshooting
  • Customer Support
  • Replacing Disks
  • Technical Support